Asset management business picking up

After facing the 2008 financial crisis shake-up, the GCC’s Asset Management Industry is slowly picking up, and Qatar is showing strong signs.

With the country entering into the next phase of infrastructure investment, Qatar is set to emerge as one of the best destinations of fund managers, a top market analyst told The Peninsula.

Qatar became an attractive investment destination not only because of its phenomenal growth story, but the investment cycle is going on both internationally and domestically; internationally in terms of acquiring and domestically in terms of infrastructure.

Any country with growing rapidly in terms of GDP per capita is clearly an interesting destination in terms of investment perspective, MD of Asset Management at Arqaam Capital Dr Amin Kholy (pictured) said.

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